WasteExpo 2012: Mack Driving Skills Safety Challenge

The Mack Driving Skills Safety Challenge is designed to test drivers' ability in several important categories. The event is being held in the Silver Lot No. 4 outside the Las Vegas Convention Center during WasteExpo 2012.

Pete Navarro, Fleet Service Manager for Mack Truck NA Sales, explains the seven parts of the course. Then, we watch a driver take the challenge.

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